The Lost Sierra Trail: Northern California’s New 300-mile Trail for All Users California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains offer world-famous recreation from Mount Whitney to Lake Tahoe. Yosemite’s grandeur, Lake Tahoe’s skiing, and more often steal the thunder from other parts of the stunning range. Lassen, Plumas, and Sierra Counties as well as the Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship are working together to create the “Lost Sierra Trail.” The Lost Sierra Trail connects the Sierra Nevada […] Backcountry Dominic Gawel | March 19, 2021 4 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: Snowy Week Ahead For CA, At Least 3-6 Feet Possible in The Sierra Nevada Forecast By SnowBrains Meteorologist – Eric McNamee 2:00 PM MST, 1/23/2021 Forecast Summary: A snowy week looks to be in store for California as a series of storms will drop 3-6 FEET of snow across the Sierras. Even higher snow totals are possible as these storms look to be pretty potent and rich in moisture. Resorts like to get the […] Weather Eric McNamee | January 23, 2021 2 Comments
Still Thinking About; Soda Springs Mountain Resort, CA A Pre-COVID-19 Closure Report brought to you by Ski California Thanks to diligent, on-going media coverage the world is aware that threat of a human-transmitted, novel virus, COVID-19 has created a new and sadly necessary social barrier among society. It has seized global economies, put the clamps on industry, and generally raised pulses. But however weird the wind may blow […] Trip Report Paulie | March 26, 2020 0 Comments
Strong Sunday Winds Impact Sierra Ski Areas [arve url="https://youtu.be/4DfsBs13mLE"] Connor Phillips | February 11, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Blue Skies Today in the Sierras with Up To FOUR Feet Coming the Second Half of the Week Enjoy blue skies and warm sunshine today, before the next system moves through the Sierras on Tuesday. This will bring Valley rain and heavy mountain snow for the second half of the week. The strong winter storm is likely to bring impacts to the Sierras with strong winds, heavy rain, and snow. The storm is looking warmer than the last storm […] Weather WeatherBrains | March 19, 2018 0 Comments
Experts Estimate Another 5 Huge Storms Needed in California for Snowpack to Reach Average Levels The first weekend of March brought the biggest snowstorm of the winter to Nevada and California, but the Natural Resources Conservation Service reports much more is needed for a so-called ‘March Miracle’, reports the Tahoe Daily Tribune. “Even though snowpack percentages increased across the region from the early March storm, the overall water supply picture has not changed since March […] Weather WeatherBrains | March 15, 2018 0 Comments
Squaw Alpine Conditions Report: Soft Snow and Plentiful Sun Christmas Day 12/25 at Squaw Valley Good weather kept the valley and upper mountain at Squaw nice and cold after Friday’s storm, even when the beautiful California sunshine came out. With a daytime high of mid-twenties for Sunday everything that had been skied on Saturday was still skiing relatively well. Nice and soft, almost chalky, with the occasional patch of rain […] Dylan Cautela | December 26, 2016 2 Comments
Snowfall Totals Downgraded For Storm Heading To The Western U.S. Sunday, Powderchasers released their update on the impending storms for this coming week. Unfortunately, in most locations, the probability for a good dose of powder has been downgraded. The models are showing a good chance of cold air returning to most of the west come midweek, but the moisture coming off of the Pacific will not be as heavy as expected. The […] Weather Dylan Cautela | November 14, 2016 1 Comment
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